Species Olliffia eucalypti Fuller, 1897
- Olliffia eucalypti Fuller, C. 1897. Some Coccidae of Western Australia. Journal of Western Australia Bureau of Agriculture 4: 1344-1346 [1345].
Ecological Descriptors
Sap-feeder.
GENERAL
Most detailed description and illustration by Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473.
SYSTEMATICS
Slide-mounted adult female with: enlarged setae absent, except on anal lobes; antennae 6-segmented; legs absent; anal ring with pores and setae; anal lobes conspicuous, joined by sclerotization anterior of lobes; cruciform pores present; microtubular ducts absent (see Froggatt, W.W. 1899. Scale insects that produce lac. With a description of a new Australian species. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 10: 1159–1163 and Miller, personal observation, 1999).
STRUCTURE
Adult female is stationary, hidden beneath bark scales and covered completely with fumagine, slightly elongate (see Fuller, C. 1899. XIV. Notes and descriptions of some species of Western Australian Coccidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1899: 435–473).